Guardian Unlimited | Guardian daily comment | Kerry's war didn't end in the Mekong: "In October 1986, Kerry questioned the neoconservative assistant secretary of state for Latin America, Elliot Abrams, who brazenly lied about foreign funding for the contras. This testimony led, in time, to Abrams pleading guilty to a felony. (He was pardoned by Bush Snr and is now NSC chief for Middle East policy.) "

This article makes a pretty good argument for Kerry possibly being an honest fighter against the "secret government"...
you know, the guys who actually run things (at least since the Kennedy administration (and assassination) if not before...)

but since he's skull & bones and probably a reptile to boot I'm not holding my breath for a real house cleaning in the intelligence community...